SENSE Feature Requests

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I'd suggest that instead of using this forum that you utilize github's feature voting (or similiar) so that you can truely gauge the level of interest in various enhancements. As it is for the forum, there is not a good way to sense the level of interest regardingwhat the community of users really wants.

Then, I would also suggest that you provide visibility on how new features are currently scheduled into upcoming releases.

I have ubiquiti edgerouter lite and have set up different vlans for my internal network, guest network and home automation network with firewall rules for them. Id like to be able to have sense sharing different wifi names for different vlans. Now I can only use sense inside the internal network as a second router there for my windows/android etc devices.

Since the feature request list is 4 pages long and people are already requesting the same features that someone has already mentioned before, I decided to copy all of them to a single post.

I also tried to think which of the features might come in the future or which have already been confirmed.Also tried to list which features probably won't ever be implement on the Sense and which will never to be implemented.And these of course apply only to the current version of Sense device and everything that is not confirmed/implemented is mostly my speculation.

Confirmed as might be implemented:- Controlling devices from Sense app on Sense network without accessing Sense's wifi (remote access)- VPN access, accessing devices from internet- Option to turn off of certain wifi 2.4/5ghz- USB Sharing, for example sharing external hard drive or printer by pluggin it into Sense's usb port- Temperature on the Sense display- Other useful information on the Sense display

Might be implemented:- Option to gracefully shutdown and restart the Sense compared to now when you just unplug power cord from it/or from the wall- More icons and device templates: Linux and RaspberryPi- Event log should collate events under one mac -address/device.- IPv6 support- Whitelisting for trackers- Data usage per device counter- Used ports per device- Statistics for bandwidth and port usage- Ability to assign fixed IPs from DHCP pool- Controlling security features per device, example option to disable tracking protection for just one device- Backup/restore facility for settings of wifi-router configs or/and import/export device names- AP Isolation- Wake on Lan feature for registered devices- More transparent status of the security features(?)- Not allowing colliding subnets on Wan and Lan interfaces (simple configuration checking)- DMZ- Dynamic DNS support- Option to allocate dynamically dns local names(sense dns suffix) to devices discovered by sense and option to add/edit them manually afterwards- QoS, possibility to give priority to some devices/applications- Notification on new device discovered on the network- Force firmware update by app- Option to change wifi channels manually.- Option to set Sense clock to 24 hours or 12 hours

Probably won't ever be implemented:- MDM features for managing all your homes mobile devices.- Remote logging/Syslog- Multiple VLANs- Multiple VLANs for different wifi- Option to have totally different wlan names for 2.4GHz and 5GHz.- Wifi scheduling

- Chromecast support for sense setup/admin program

Never going to be implemented:- WPS- Web admin view for sense wifi-router without restricting it to android or iOS-devices- Option to block certanin TLDs on router, for example *.ru

Since the feature request list is 4 pages long and people are already requesting the same features that some has already mentioned before, I decided to copy all of them to a single post.

I also gathered from official responses of which features will be implemented and which might be implemented. The rest I speculate also from the official responses or lack of them, and also based on what the feature is.Feel free to comment.

Features Implemented:- Whitelisting for webpages (only on iOS, Android will get later)- Port Forwarding (only on iOS, Android will get later)

Feature wishlist:- Option to gracefully shutdown and restart the Sense compared to now when you just unplug power cord from it/or from the wall- More icons and device templates: Linux and RaspberryPi- Event log should collate events under one mac -address/device.- IPv6 support- Whitelisting for trackers- Data usage per device counter- Used ports per device- Statistics for bandwidth and port usage- Ability to assign fixed IPs from DHCP pool- Controlling security features per device, example option to disable tracking protection for just one device- Backup/restore facility for settings of wifi-router configs or/and import/export device names- AP Isolation- Wake on Lan feature for registered devices- More transparent status of the security features(?)- Not allowing colliding subnets on Wan and Lan interfaces (simple configuration checking)- DMZ- Dynamic DNS support- Option to allocate dynamically dns local names(sense dns suffix) to devices discovered by sense and option to add/edit them manually afterwards- QoS, possibility to give priority to some devices/applications- Force firmware update by app- Option to change wifi channels manually.- Option to set Sense clock to 24 hours or 12 hours

- Option to have totally different wlan names for 2.4GHz and 5GHz.

- Wifi scheduling

Features that probably won't be implemented:- MDM features for managing all your homes mobile devices, reason: probably not for a home product- Remote logging/Syslog, reason: probably not for a home product- Multiple VLANs, reason: probably not for a home product- Multiple VLANs for different wifi, reason: probably not for a home product

- Chromecast support for sense setup/admin program, reason: probably no actual benefit on casting the app on a bigger screen

- Option to block certanin TLDs on router, for example *.ru, reason: probably not for a home product

Thanks @FormerMember for going through all this effort, it must have taken quite a bit of time to collate. We'll have some discussion internally on how to make maintaining and participating in this wishlist more convenient for everyone.

From the wishlist, we do have IPv6 support natively on the SENSE router but the configuration options for IPv6 addressing are not available for users at the moment.

Hi, thanks for a great product and for having a place to submit feature requests. Here is my wishlist:

1) Bridge mode with security still enabled:

I have an actual firewall between Sense router and the Internet, and I would like to see the IP addresses of the clients on the firewall logs. Would help troubleshooting a lot. Now all I see is one IP, which is the Sense router.

2) VLAN tagging:

I would love to separate my Raspberry Pis to one VLAN, TV and home automation to another, maybe kids computers to one VLAN and work related devices to yet another VLAN. And while you are at it, the guest SSID + a separate VLAN tag would also be great.

- I know guest access has been promised as an upcoming feature.

- Btw, did you know that Apple Time Capsule guest VLAN is done with VLAN tagging (ID: 1003). Unfortunately they only support this one VLAN tag and it's unconfigurable. But it works.

3) Access lists and routing:

I would like to access devices behind my Sense router from another segment. I.e. I'd like to route network B with Sense router as the next hop and access devices in network B from network A. Port forwarding is almost good enough, but not quite

4) Internet status log:

I have intermittent connection to the internet. It would be great to see from Sense when the internet connection went down and when it came back up. Right now I have this logged on a wireless Raspberry Pi script, but it's prone to Wi-Fi interference thus not giving me a 100% accurate result.

- And of course a way to export this data

5) API access:

A way to access (read) all the great data you already have now and in the future on the Sense router so I can integrate this data to my own projects via API.

Features Implemented:- Whitelisting for webpages (only on iOS, Android wil later. After 2 months, still no android whitelisting)- Ability to mark all events as read with one tap (only on iOS, Android will get later. After 1 month, still no android ability)- Port Forwarding- Ability to schedule router firmware updates- Ability to change the WIFI channels- End-point security client for Mac (go to http://sense.router to download and install)- An animation plays on the router display when the internet connection is down

Feature wishlist:- Security router "uptime" in hardware menu- Option to setup at least 2 DNS servers.- Ability to utilize 5Ghz Wifi channels 52 56 60 64- Show in app if the unit is connected over wifi or lan- Ability to send those discovered threat events automagically to lab for analysis- Security firmware: configurable device autoblock internet facility after discovered threat event- Option to clear / delete the blocked threats page events.- Ability to see if a device uses 2.4 GHz oder 5 GHz network, and the speed of the connection- Option to gracefully shutdown and restart the Sense compared to now when you just unplug power cord from it/or from the wall- More icons and device templates: Linux and RaspberryPi- Event log should collate events under one mac -address/device.- Full ipv6 support, currently only partial, post here- Whitelisting for trackers- Data usage per device counter- Used ports per device- Statistics for bandwidth and port usage- Ability to assign fixed IPs from DHCP pool / DHCP ip address reservation- Controlling security features per device, example option to disable tracking protection for just one device- Backup/restore facility for settings of wifi-router configs or/and import/export device names- AP Isolation- Wake on Lan feature for registered devices- More transparent status of the security features(?)- Not allowing colliding subnets on Wan and Lan interfaces (simple configuration checking)- DMZ- Dynamic DNS support- Option to allocate dynamically dns local names(sense dns suffix) to devices discovered by sense and option to add/edit them manually afterwards- QoS, possibility to give priority to some devices/applications- Force firmware update by app- Option to set Sense clock to 24 hours or 12 hours- Option to have totally different wlan names for 2.4GHz and 5GHz.- Wifi scheduling

Features that probably won't be implemented:- MDM features for managing all your homes mobile devices, reason: probably not for a home product- Remote logging/Syslog, reason: probably not for a home product- Multiple VLANs, reason: probably not for a home product- Multiple VLANs for different wifi, reason: probably not for a home product

- Chromecast support for sense setup/admin program, reason: probably no actual benefit on casting the app on a bigger screen

- Option to block certanin TLDs on router, for example *.ru, reason: probably not for a home product

It is absolutely essential that you provide a way to backup the SENSE app's settings so you can restore them when you get a new phone. As it is right now, when you get a new phone, you have to RESET THE ROUTER and you lose all of your settings... all of your customized device names, all of your customized device icons. It is ridiculous. I spent almost three hours today setting everything back up when I got a new phone because I have over 40 devices, 30+ active at any time, and many don't report what they are to the SENSE app clearly.

Please, even if you can provide a way to export a list of MAC addresses, the custom name, and the custom icon so you can import them back into the new phone's app and restore them all... that would have saved me 2+ hours alone.